Join us for Diversity Day on Thursday November 11, 2010 At the Crowne Plaza—6121 North I- 35 Space is limited—REGISTER NOW! www.austinhumanresource.org Know Your Employees: Present and Future! Diversity and inclusion is something that impacts so many aspects of our professional and personal lives – almost everything we do. Please invite your entire Diversity [...]
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These mid-term elections are filled with many incendiary issues, such as immigration, gay marriage, and abortion to name a few. These fun topics provoke strong opinions on one side or the other. Unfortunately a seemingly innocent conversation with people you spend most of your day with can easily cross the line to perceived harassment or [...]
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The battle in Washington D.C. can quickly spread to your workplace during election season. Political pundits opine that this year’s mid-term election has inspired a new wave of political activism not seen in the past, which is great for politics, but might not be so great for the workplace. Your most outspoken employees will probably [...]
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Whether you have employees that are political advocates or just want the “two hour” voting time off from work, employers need to understand their rights and responsibilities relating to allowing employees time to vote. Hopefully, you do not have to deal with this issue and your employees early voted. If that’s not the case what [...]
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Join in November or December – and we’ll extend your membership until the end of 2011! Register online at austinhumanresource.org
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Regular Members Diann Bloom Barbara Core Netspend Rochelle Harris Samsung Austin Semiconductor Elissa LeFort Adjuris Therapy LaTonya Olivier TPO Human Resource Management Connie Hofmann Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Carmen Cary Frito-Lay Inc Vashti Grace Jacquelyn Maroney Fulbright & Jaworski L.L.P. [...]
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Groundhog Job Shadow Day- February 2, 2011 Would your company be interested in hosting students and exposing them to your world of work? Know of another company who might? I’d be happy to talk with any group that would be interested in hearing more about the program and the commitment level involved. We’re looking for [...]
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“You Can Be Anything You Want To Be!” by Rosemary Guzman Hook, October 2010 Mentoring is supposed to be easier the second time around, except it had been over 15 years since I had mentored a child who wasn’t really a child but a teenager waiting to be. She was what retailers dub a “tween.” [...]
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On Wednesday October 13, 2010 the Supreme Court wrestled with the meaning of the word “file”. Kevin Kasten filed suit against his employer after being terminated. Mr. Kasten made multiple verbal complaints about the illegal location of the time clocks in his factory. The Fair Labor Standards Act anti-retaliation provisions provide that “an employee who file(s) [...]
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On September 30, 2010 the Principal Financial Group announced that it planned to stop selling health insurance. Supporters and detractors of the health reform may interpret this action in a number of ways. Daniel J. Houston, a senior executive at Principal stated “Now scale really matters. We don’t have a significant concentration in any one [...]
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